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• Musculoskeletal Outpatient Therapy Service (UCH)

  The musculoskeletal (MSK) outpatient therapy service at University College Hospital provides assessment and treatment of patients for a variety of specialities including orthopaedic, rheumatology, hand therapy, women’s health, orthotic, podiatry and spinal non-operative and operative patients with musculoskeletal dysfunction.

• Bidborough House mass vaccination centre closes

  Our mass vaccination centre at Bidborough House, which we have operated in partnership with UCL, closes on Friday 22 July.

• Their Royal Highnesses Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie and Sarah, Duchess of York open blood cancer ward

  Sarah, Duchess of York, and Their Royal Highnesses Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie met with staff and young people in a video call to formally open the specialist haematology ward for young adults in the University College Hospital Grafton Way Building last week (Monday 11 July).

• Camden Adult Pathway Partnership commended at London Homelessness Awards

  A healthcare project aimed at homeless people and delivered by UCLH has been specially commended in this year’s London Homelessness Awards.

• High blood pressure and its drug treatment unlikely to increase entry of COVID-19 virus into cells

  Fears that people with high blood pressure are more at risk from severe Covid-19 because it is easier for the virus to enter their cells and tissues have been laid to rest, thanks to research involving UCLH.

• App detecting neonatal jaundice from the eye successful in first major clinical trial

  A smartphone app that identifies severe neonatal jaundice could provide a cheaper alternative to expensive screening procedures, according to a study by UCLH, UCL and the University of Ghana.

• Meet Matthew and Lillyanne

  Matthew Fielden and Lillyanne Tran volunteer in the cognitive disorders outpatients’ clinic at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery.

• Robotic surgery for bladder cancer improves patient recovery time

  Robot-assisted surgery used to perform bladder cancer removal and reconstruction enables patients to recover far more quickly and spend significantly less time in hospital, concludes a trial led by UCLH, UCL and the University of Sheffield.

• Using data in research

  How UCLH uses clinical data in research.

• Secretary of State for Health and Social Care visits National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery

  The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, The Rt. Hon. Sajid Javid MP visited the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery (NHNN), earlier this week (Wednesday 4 May 2022).